Review : Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

Review : Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn Pages : 272 Genre : Psychological Thriller Stand alone My Rating : 4/5 About the Book  : WICKED above her hipbone, GIRL across her heart  Words are like a road map to reporter Camille Preaker’s troubled past. Fresh from a brief stay at a psych hospital, Camille’s first assignment from the second-rate daily paper where she works brings her reluctantly back to her hometown to cover the murders of two...

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Review : Champion by Marie Lu

Review : Champion by Marie Lu

Champion by Marie Lu Pages : 369 Genre :  YA, Dystopia Series : Legend, book 3 My Rating : 3/5 About the Book  : June and Day have sacrificed so much for the people of the Republic—and each other—and now their country is on the brink of a new existence. June is back in the good graces of the Republic, working within the government’s elite circles as Princeps-Elect, while Day has been assigned a high-level military...

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Review : Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson

Review : Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson

Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson Pages : 592 Genre :  Fantasy Stand alone My Rating : 4/5 About the Book  : Warbreaker is the story of two sisters, who happen to be princesses, the God King one of them has to marry, the lesser god who doesn’t like his job, and the immortal who’s still trying to undo the mistakes he made hundreds of years ago. Their world is one in which those who die in glory return as gods to live confined to a...

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The 2013 recap : the best of the best!

The 2013 recap : the best of the best!

In the previous years, when January showed up in all its cold glory, I got all excited about my favorite blogging task of the year : putting together a list of “bests of” books is always a great time, both for the pleasure of talking about great reading and the satisfaction I feel by categorizing them. Yet this year, this didn’t happen. I started working on the list in late December, more than a month ago, but I couldn’t...

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Review : Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by April Genevieve Tucholke

Review : Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by April Genevieve Tucholke

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by April Genevieve Tucholke Pages : 360 Genre :  YA, Horror, Paranormal Series : Between, book 1 My Rating  : 4/5 From the back of the book  : Nothing much exciting rolls through Violet White’s sleepy, seaside town… until River West comes along. River rents the guest house behind Violet’s crumbling estate, and as eerie, grim things start to happen, Violet begins to wonder about the boy...

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Review : Allegiant by Veronica Roth

Review : Allegiant by Veronica Roth

Allegiant by Veronica Roth Pages : 531 Genre :  YA Dystopia Series : Divergent, book 3 My Rating : 2.5/5 From the back of the book  : The faction-based society that Tris Prior once believed in is shattered—fractured by violence and power struggles and scarred by loss and betrayal. So when offered a chance to explore the world past the limits she’s known, Tris is ready. Perhaps beyond the fence, she and Tobias will find a simple...

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Review : Blood Phantom by Rhiannon Hart

Review : Blood Phantom by Rhiannon Hart

Blood Phantom by Rhiannon Hart Pages : 15 Genre :  YA Fantasy, Short story Series : Lharmell, prequel 0.5 My Rating : 4.5/5 From the back of the book  : Life in tatters and far from home, Rodden Lothskorn struggles to cope with the harming menace and his own harming nature. When an offer of marriage reaches his friend, Prince Amis, Rodden discovers that the bride’s inhospitable homeland might contain one part of the harming poison...

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Review : Pawn by Aimée Carter

Review : Pawn by Aimée Carter

Pawn by Aimée Carter Pages : 346 Genre :  YA, Dystopia Series : The Blackcoat Rebellion, book 1 My Rating :3/5 From the back of the book  : For Kitty Doe, it seems like an easy choice. She can either spend her life as a III in misery, looked down upon by the higher ranks and forced to leave the people she loves, or she can become a VII and join the most powerful family in the country. If she says yes, Kitty will be...

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